Sunday, April 21, 2013

We sit six back of the NL West-leading Rockies. That's a greater gap than what the Mets, Cubs, or Mariners have in their respective divisions.

And let's be clear: we're barely halfway through April, and the season already looks precariously lost.

While I try to get over how beautiful Oriole Park at Camden Yards could have turned into the Dodgers' own house of horrors, I have to wonder how short a Rope Don Mattingly is on, I Confess. But it's no Easy Virtue watching our team skid Downhill like this. This season has been one for The Birds. At least we've got Psycho and Eric Collins calling this game, I suppose.

The Sons of Steve Garvey aren't taking this lying down, however. We've sent our own Son, Dusty Baker, to Baltimore on assignment, in order to lift our team's spirits (and hopefully kick Ronald Belisario in the nuts). Get to work, Dusty!

I just did! I feel like I'm contributing. Which, after this weekend, is the best I'm gonna feel I suppse.When my friend and I booked this trip late last year, I thought we'd maybe get ro see kershaw/greinke/ryu and get to watch a potent offense match up with a good AL offense. But as we learned in Fight Club, a plan is just a list of things that will go wrong ...Beautiful park, though, and EVERYONE here is so nice its a little unsettling. Good food, great sight lines, reasonably priced beer. I'm a fan of Camden.

I wish I would have seen this post earlier! Glad you got to take the game in, too. I was on 1B side about 5 rows behind the Os dugout. I could see the healthy Dodgers contingent across the way along the 3B side.